ESCAPE TO THE BIODIVERSE AND BEAUTIFUL COLOMBIAN HILLSIDE

Mundo Nuevo Hostel in Minca, Colombia is one of a kind

Hopping across to Latin America, this green recommendation is a touch remote, but worth a journey to nonetheless. Up in the mountains of Minca in Colombia, near the well-trodden Caribbean coastline of Santa Marta, Mundo Nuevo (meaning new world) hostel has sweeping, heart-thumping views of one of the most biodiverse lands in the world. 

Sunsets are a ritual up on Minca’s hilltops

As a hostel, there may not be gourmet dining or pristine, pillowy rooms, yet it’s comfortable and just what you feel like when you look out onto the serene botanic hillside, that’s completely self-sufficient and spectacular without needing much manmade input at all. There’s a small bench to perch on to take in the rich haven of flora and fauna surroundings - as rare, resplendent butterflies and robins flutter around you - or an infinity pool to bathe in as you soak in the radiant views that are enough to satisfy for a lifetime. 

Mundo Nuevo’s infinity pool with a view

Expect homely vegetarian cooking - all derived from ingredients grown in the garden - and a peaceful aura, despite the rotation of travellers arriving and leaving at all times of the day. Mundo Nuevo doesn’t only seek to alleviate its impact on the planet, but to positively help its surrounding environment, whether that’s through preserving and recuperating the natural ecosystems of its mountainous region, providing locals including the nearby indigenous Wiwa village with reliable work or educating visitors on how we can move towards a sustainable future. 

If you’re planning a trip in this direction of the world, it’s worth adding Mundo Nuevo to your green travel list, as this is a place that is peacefully enriching, stunningly memorable and above all totally conscious of the environment it lives within.